i asked a couple of my former students if they would back me up for a show one time. there was no fee offered for us to play and i […]

“My song is about addiction,” said the tall guy who usually enters the class late, if he shows up at all. “In what way?” I asked. “I vape and I […]

there is a swimmer standing before a lake and the current is strong and choppy. this particular swimmer has a fantasy, that if they can swim across the lake, to […]

a few years ago, magali tried to teach me how to speak french. she would start with avoir and etre, i usually ran out of patience as soon as i […]

sometimes, there is a question I ask people I’m recording and often the same question comes up in songwriting class. not trying to upset anyone but sometimes people get awkward […]

In the cafeteria at the University, the cashier who I buy tea from each week, asked me “do you teach philosophy?” (must be the beard) I replied, “No, I teach […]

Only 5 classes left. Today’s presentation on Lauren Hill, should be good. Suggested other course ideas if they want me to return. Stravinsky, Sun Ra and Sonic youth: spot the […]

I checked out Talk To Transformer where artificial intelligence generates text. There are real beliefs that future writer jobs will be replaced with AI. You can test it – write […]

school bus didn’t show up this morning, i have car, took all the waiting kids to school, just enough room. they wanted the radio on. I turned on classical station. […]

I’ve watched some recent rallies for Bernie Sanders and it seems the drill is as soon as they say Bernie’s name, cue the John Lennon music “Power Two The People”. […]